Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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Recession to End in 2009, Unemployment to Rise: Report
Apr 10, 2009The U.S. economy is on track to emerge from recession in the second half of 2009 as consumer spending and the housing sector make a come-back, according to a Blue Chip Economic Indicators Survey released Friday. The survey of private economists showed that 86 percent of respondents believed the economic downturn would be declared as over in the second half of the year, according to a report by Reuters. However, the survey also predicted a continued rise in unemployment lasting well into 2010.
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Fed Orders Banks Mum on Stress Tests: Report
Apr 10, 2009 -
Fed’s Gross Weekly MBS Purchases Spike
Apr 10, 2009 -
TARP Oversight Panel: Oust Executives, Liquidate Banks
Apr 08, 2009 -
Fed’s Fisher on Reversing a ‘Grim’ Economy
Apr 08, 2009 -
Mortgage Applications Still Going Strong
Apr 08, 2009 -
Fed’s Weekly MBS Purchases Unchanged, Net of Sales
Apr 03, 2009 -
TARP Exodus Begins; Four Firms Repay Funds
Apr 01, 2009 -
Refi Requests Drive Strong Application Week
Apr 01, 2009 -
A PPIP of a Plan or Just a Big Light Show?
Mar 30, 2009 -
Fed’s MBS Purchases Up from Last Week
Mar 27, 2009
